Click the link below to create an account through the Lloydminster Chamber Portal.

You will receive an email to activate your account. Check your spam or junk mail if you do not receive this email within 24 hours.

Once you activate your account you can begin your application for funding and posting your job.

Please first confirm that you meet the eligibility requirements as outlined on the page above.

Click here to log in to your Business portal to begin your application for SWPP funding.

Please Note: You do not have to post a job to begin the application process.  If you are already of a qualified applicant please proceeding directly to Apply for SWPP Funding.  If you have any questions, please contact the Lloydminster Chamber at 780-875-9013.

Click on the app launcher (icon with 9 squares in top right corner) and then select Job Postings

Click on Create a Job Posting

Select Students and Recent Graduates

Select Outcome Campus Connect  and fill out the application form

Outcome Campus Connect is where you will complete the SWPP application for funding support.

TIP: Save a copy of your placement details including job title, job description, rate of pay and hours per week because you will need this information later.

NOTE: Application process will take about 20 minutes.

If you do not have your student already selected, you will not have any documentation to upload at this time. Once this step is complete, it will take 2 weeks for the application to be reviewed to ensure employer eligibility. During this 2 week period, you can move onto step 3 to begin the process of securing student talent.

Step by Step Video of SWPP Application

If you require any assistance, please reach out to the Lloydminster chamber for support. Contact us at info@lloydminsterchamber.com or call 780.875.9013.

If you have already found and hired your student, you will have entered their details at the previous step of the application, and their eligibility will be under review at the same time as your eligibility review.

Please Note:  If you have not found your student, the Lloydminster Chamber of Commerce has partnered with local post-secondary institutions to secure local talent for our businesses.  Please contact info@lloydminsterchamber.com or call 780.875.9013 for recruitment support.

Posting Your Job

If you are unable to secure local talent, you can create a job posting on “Outcome Campus Connect” giving you access to a pool of Canada-wide student talent that will meet your needs.  You will have to log into your business portal, then navigate to Outcome Campus Connect and select

“My Outcome Campus Connect Postings”

Post a job using the instructions in the video below making sure to match the information with the SWPP application.

TIP: Only select 5 or less institutions for your placement to help speed up the approval process.

TIP: On your posting, be sure to include in the qualifications include the student eligibility requirements to eliminate ineligible applications:

Qualifications:

• Registered in a recognized Canadian post-secondary institution
• Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or persons to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
• Undertaking a placement recognized as a Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) component by the student’s institution in connection with a course, degree, certificate, diploma, or other recognized program offered by the institution. The placement can be required or optional, for credit or not for credit.
  • To validate the placement is a meaningful WIL placement, the criteria below must be fulfilled:
    • the placement must be a part of the student’s program of study, regardless of whether it is mandatory or not
    • the student must receive a WIL credit for the placement
    • the student must provide a document issues by their post-secondary institution which states that they are fulfilling a WIL component on the semester their application is for

Step By Step Video on Posting a Job

Please review Student Eligibility in the page above and ensure they meet qualifications.

After hiring your student you must enter their details into the SWPP application.  You can do this at any time, and it will begin the Student Review to ensure eligibility.

To enter the student details on your SWPP application, navigate to Outcome Campus Connect by going to “Job Postings” and selecting “My Outcome Campus Connect Postings“.

Update Student Information:

• Select SWPP Applications
• Select the pencil next to the SWPP application that you need to update the student details.
• Select Student
• Select Yes
• Update the student information with the information on your student.

The Student portion will be reviewed for eligibility.

NOTE: You need a SWPP application for each semester and each student you hire.  So if you have a student for the fall semester and want to keep them for the winter semester, you have to submit a SWPP application for the fall and a new one for the winter. or if you have 3 student positions for the winter semester, you will need to create 3 SWPP applications.

If you require any assistance, please reach out to the Lloydminster chamber for support. Contact us at info@lloydminsterchamber.com or call 780.875.9013.

Once the employer has received their notice of eligibility (emailed) or as soon as you find your student, and you have input the details of the student that you have hired for the placement, the student portion will be reviewed to ensure eligibility.

TIP: We recommend that the employer schedules a time to sit with or have a zoom/phone meeting to ensure the student completes their portion of the application.

TIP: Be sure that the name that the student enters matches the name on their Canadian citizenship documentation

The student will then receive an email prompting them to complete their details and upload their documents.

Student Documentation required:

• proof of citizenship (this must be a federally issued piece of ID such as a Birth Certificate or Passport)
• proof of enrollment (this will show student name, student number and program enrolled in)
• WIL document issues by the institution indicating the placement is within the selected semester as a part of the students program.

The application will then be reviewed.

The employer will upload supporting documents to finalize the SWPP Application.  To do this, you will need to log into your business portal

Employer Document Upload: Navigate to Outcome Campus Connect by going to “Job Postings” and selecting “My Outcome Campus Connect Postings”

• Select SWPP Applications
• Select the pencil next to the SWPP application that you need to upload your documents to
• Select Documentation and upload the required documents

Employer Documents required:

• Signed Terms & Conditions (uploaded once student is found)
• First and Last paystubs (uploaded once the placement period is complete)

With this document upload, the Application will go through final review.

TIP: An employer must provide an employee with a statement of earnings at the end of each pay period that shows all of the following:

• statement period
• regular and overtime hours of work
• wage rate and overtime rate
• earnings paid, listing items separately (for example: wages, overtime, general holiday pay and vacation pay),
• deductions from earnings and the reason for each deduction
• hours taken off in lieu of overtime

Following completion of your placement, you will be required to submit your final pay documents, and complete payment information (EFT form & invoice) to receive the subsidy.

You will also be asked to complete the necessary feedback surveys.

You will be notified of the wage subsidy amount that you have been approved for once invoices have been received and approved. It takes 45-60 days to receive payment.